Mac-ified
Never would have thought I’d be saying this, but I’m enjoying my new MacBook. It wasn’t pure indulgence; my Windows laptop bit the dust after five valiant years.
I also would never think I’d parrot the commercials so accurately, but I literally imported digital video with a few intuitive clicks and made a vacation video in a matter of minutes.
I have web programmed more productively than within my typical Windows environment, and iCal syncs with my Google calendar flawlessly.
I’m listening to a podcast (on iPod headphones, no less), and I’m wondering where all my old biases have gone.
The separated-key keyboard is also pretty darn nice.
The biggest challenge for me is keyboard shortcuts, which is a pretty big hurdle for someone so engrained in the Control-Alt-Shift patterns. I’m finding that Command does Windows Control stuff, Control does old-school Unix-style Control stuff, Alt/Option does stuff that doesn’t work when I try Command, and fn saves the day when the laptop keyboard appears to be missing buttons (Home, End, PgDown, PgUp).
Would I use Mac for everything? Emphatically no. Will I much prefer Mac to do my own day-to-day work? Emphatically yes.